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EfP. LINDKHL. BOTTLE CASE. A'PPUCATIQN' many/1522, 1911.

. Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

ml cm. wKsmNuTuN u c UNITED wer PATENT OFFICE- ERICK r. Lmnnnnlorrnnnslinrltrnen, oHIo, issmaoaro THEODORE HnU EssER,

I or PLEASANT RI GE, onro.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERICK P. Liivoant,

acitizen of the United States, residing at Pleasant Ridge, in the countyof Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certainv new and usefulImprovements in Bottle- Cases, of which the 'fOllOWlIlglS aspecification. 1

usually employed as receptacles for milk bottles and other bottles andthe like, and which for thesake of brevity will be hereinafter referredto as a bottle case, and has for its object the provision of novelbracing and connecting means for the Walls of the case for providing asubstantial and rigid con struction. It is a furthercobject of myinvention to provide means whereby the cases, if it is desiredto stackthe same in superposed relation for economizing in ,fioor space, will bepositivelypositioned in vertical alinement relativeto one another. 1Other objects of my invention will be readily understood fromthefollowing description and claims, and from the drawings, in whichlatterr' 1 Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view ofbottle casesconstructed in accord ance with my invention and stacked one upon theother. i w Fig. 2 is an end elevation of abottle case, partly brokenaway. i i

Fig. 3 s a similar side elevation. Fig. 4 is aplan view of a corner of abottle case, partly broken away. and partly in section on the line 4:4Lof Fig. 2, to expose the corner member connecting the Walls of the case.i

Fig. 5 isa vertical section through a cor ner of a bottle case, taken inthe plane of the line 55 of Fig. l. i Q 1 y a Fig. 6 is a topperspective view of one of the corner pieces of the bottle. caseyand,

Fig. 7 is a bottom perspective View of the same. a i a The bottle caseis exemplified as comprising Walls 11,12, formingthe sides and ends ofthe case respectively. The ends. of the side-walls are preferablyreceived across the butt-ends of the end-walls with the proximate endsof connecting walls joined by corner-pieces 13, which areinstanced asformed of a suitable-metal, preferably cast iron Handle openings18inaybe provided My invention relatesto cases such as are sides. Thesides 16,

Sp eciiication of Letters: Patent. Patghted Sept, 9, Application filedMarch 22, 1917. Serial No. 156,624.

Corner-pieces 13 are adapted tobe forced into Wedging contactwiththeends of con-:

necting walls of the case, to form arigid connecting means for. thewalls, and are also adapted to form bracingmeansat the, corners of thecase when the latter 1s assent,

bled. For this purpose thecorner-pieces are exemplified as eachcomprising diverge ing sides 16, 17, and webs 19, 20, projectinglaterally from the respective diverging 17, are arranged to form a braceadaptedi tobe received within a corner of; the assembled bottle case incontact With the respective walls 11, 12, forming said corner, and webs19,20, are so arranged relativeto sides 16, 17, as to engage therespective walls 11,12 forming said c0rner, the ends wofwalls 11, 12,being instanced as provided with slots 25, into the bottlesare adaptedto rest, andpartitions which are arranged to which the respective websare adapted to be forced inan endwise direction when assembling the.bottle case.

The laterally extending webs of the cor: ner-pieces preferably extendoutwardly therefrom intermediate of the lower edges of angularlydiverging sides 16, 17, so that said sides may engagenwalls 11, 12,:forming case, t above and below the webs for forming rigid bracing andconnectingmeans for the corners ofthebottlecase. l

In order toprovide a wedgingengagementbetween the websof a corner-pieceand the Walls of slots 25 in which the Websare adapted to be received,the outerside edges of thewebsjare instanced as provided with transverseflanges 26 forming overhanging shouldersr27 shown inclined at theirinner faces and arranged to wedgingly engage the wallsof slots 2 a Theinner edges 28 of theshoulders are preferably formed to compress111160111361' ends of the walls of the slots 25 forcompressing the woodof the respective walls upper and l the corners of the bottle formed.

of the case atsaid slots andto cut away the surplus wood at saidedges.The inner ends 29 of the webs are preferably sloped at an acute'angle'to thebuter faces of the flanges for forming said cuttingedges'28. Firm connection between the corner-pieces and thematerial ofthewalls of the case is thus 'The inner faces of the walls of thecase,-.are' preferably enlarged as shown at 31, in order to limitathefextent of'any slivering' or splintering I of thewood at the outerends of the side I walls of the slots in said walls, which may upperends ofthe angularly'diverging sides of the corner-pieces which areexemplified as elongated so that the angular lug formed thereby willproject above the upper edge of the bottle case. The outer faces of thelugs, are instanced as slightly inwardly QE- 7 set from the outer facesof the diverging o sidesof the corner-pieces, as shown at 33, wherebythe corners of a bottle case may be readily received over the lugs ofthe next lower case of a stack, without binding against-thefaces of saidlugs, but in close proximity thereto sothat the lugs will formpositioningstops to aid in proper stacking of-the cases; a 7 Reinforcingstrips, which may be :of suitable metal such as steel, are preferablyprov-idedfor the walls, and at the corners of the cases, Thesereinforcing strips are instanced as flat strips 37 secured upon theupper and lower edges of the side-walls,-and crosssectionally flat bands38" secured. upon the upper and lower edges of the end-walls, andreceived about, and secured to, the'end portions of the side-wallsextending across the butt-ends of the end-walls as 'hereinbeforedescribed, the reinforcing bands thus binding together thecorner-forming walls to provide a rigid construction. Reinforcing strips37 uponthe edges of theside-walls are instanced as overlapped at theirends by the reinforcing bands thus received, across the end portions ofthe side-walls. V

l "Nails 44: areinstanced as employed for securing reinforcing-strips 3738, to the walls of-thecases, the nails used for fastening strips 38 tothe end portions of theside-Walls of the cases, preferably extendingthrough the side-walls and into the butt-ends ofthe end-walls receivedagainst the same, to more firmly connect the walls of the case at thecorners formed thereby. I

Rabbets 39, 40, are'preferably formed in the outer faces of the endportions of the side-walls beneath reinforcing bands '38,

ends of'the slots at the outer tend, are preferably receive and in theproximate outer edges of the webs of the corner-pieces which arereceived in the slots in the side-walls, and which are instancedasthewebs 19, the rabbets being arranged to accommodate the reinforcingbands, so that their outer faces are in substantially the same plane asthe outer faces of the side-walls. lhe ends of the reinforcing' stripsupon the edges of the side-walls and. across which reinforcin bands 38ex in rabbets 41 at the ends of the edges of the side-walls, so that theends of the reinforcing strips are oflset as shown by the bends 42,whereby the outer faces of the reinforcing bands received across saidoffset portions, will lie in sub tantially the plane of the outer facesof reinforcing strips 37. Wearing surfaces positioned in substantiallythe same plane throughout are thus provided upon the edges of the bottlecases for engagement by the positioning lugs and the wearing surfaces,of the adjacent cases of a stack.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is: s

'1. A receptacle of the character described, said receptacle comprisingwalls forming corners, and corner-pieces at said respective corners,each of said corner-pieces comprising an inner angle-portion providedwith engaging faces at substantially right angles to each other, a webextending at substantial right angles from each of said engaging faces,and a flange at the outer edge of each of said webs, said flangesextending at substantial right angles to each other, said Webs receivedthrough the respective walls of the corner, with said engaging faces andsaid flanges respectively at the inner and outer faces of saidrespective walls, constructed and arranged for bracing said receptacleand connecting proximate ends of said walls, said corner-piecesextending beyond said receptacle for forming positioning means betweensaid receptacle and the next adjacent receptacle of said stack.

' 2. In a bottle case, the combination of walls forming a corner, a slotin the end of each of said walls at said corner, a cornerpiece, saidcorner-piece comprising engaging faces engaging the inner faces of saidWalls 7 at said'corner, webs extending at substantial right angles fromsaid respective engaging faces received in said respective slots, andflanges extending at substantial right angles to each other at the outeredges of said webs engaging the outer edges of the walls of said slots,for clampingly holding said last-named walls between said engaging facesand flanges, said flanges respectively spaced from the point of saidcorner a distance substantially equal to the thickness of saidrespective first-named walls, said corner-piece provided with a rabbetbetween said point of said corner and one of said flanges, and astrengthening strip received in said rabbet.

3. In a bottle case, the combination of walls forming corners byend-abutment of one of said walls against the inner face of the other ofsaid walls at said respective corners, slots in said walls at saidcorners, c0r11er-pieces, said corner-pieces provided with side-webs insaidslots, engaging faces engaging the inner faces of said walls at saidcorners, and flanges at the outer edges of said webs engaging the wallsof said slots for clampingly holding said last-named walls between saidfaces and flanges, that web of each of said c0rner-pieces which is inthe slot of the Wall against which end-abutment is made being providedwith a rabbet, and reinforcing strips received about the re- 0 spectivecorners and in said rabbets.

4. A corner-piece of the character detacle, a web extending atsubstantial right angles from each of said engaging faces, said websextending at substantial right angles to a each other, a flange at theouter edge of each of said webs, said flanges extending at substantialright angles to each other, said flanges spaced from thepoint of saidcorner, and a rabbet between said point and one of said flanges.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ERICK P. LINDAHL.

Witnesses:

THERESA M. SILBER, CHARLES E. WEBER.

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